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A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus
- Source :
- Cretaceous Research, Cretaceous Research, In press, pp.105500. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2023.
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Abstract
- International audience; A pleuropholid fish is described for the first time from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Akrabou Formation, Agoult locality, southeastern Morocco. The new material, consisting of a single complete specimen, is attributed to a new species, Pleuropholis danielae, and is diagnosed by its slender body shape, the absence of a leptolepid notch in the dentary, a broad maxilla, covering almost the entirely lower jaw, and flank scales with an unserrated posterior margin. This species represents the last known occurrence of Pleuropholidae, a group so far unknown from the Late Cretaceous.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01956671 and 1095998X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cretaceous Research, Cretaceous Research, In press, pp.105500. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f73f19df19c04c26dae41cf30169b40e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500⟩